Magazine powder puff



M. GASSET.

MAGAZINE POWDER PUFF. APPLlCATION FILED JULY 23. 1921.

1,409,370, Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

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.MARIE ,G'ASSEI, or: OGDEN, urea MAGAZINE POWDER PUFF. 7

To all whom it may concern: r 7

Be it known that I, MARIE Gassn'r,"a citizen of the United States, residinga't Odgen, in the county of lVeber and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine Powder-Puffs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and'exactides'cription of the same, reference being had tothefaccompanying drawings, forming; part ofgthis specification. 1 This invention relates to powderpufi'sand particularly to that type commonly knownas magazine powder puffs for the reason th at it is provided in its interiorwith a chamber or reservoiradapted to contain considerable quantity of' powder in order thatthe puffalone need be carried by the user.

While this type of puff has heretofore been produced in various forms they have all been so designed that their cost of manufacture has rendered their salability quite difficult and an object of the present invention is to provide a. magazine powder puff that, while efiicient and durable, can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost, due to its simplicity and inexpensiveness of materlals.

Practically all pufls of this character, that is the magazine type, have a bellows action for discharging the powder through the face of the puff and a further object is to pr vide means for functioning as a bellows that will not rust or that can be removed and cleaned, or, should it lose its resiliency, it can be readily replaced.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the puff f Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22, of Fig, 1, showing the interior of the puff with the present improvements incorporated therein;

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are detail views of the bellows functioning means for expelling the powder from within the puff through the face of the latter.

The covering 10 is made of the usual material, that is, a textile fabric having a pile, and the puff is formed in the usual shape. The material has minute passages or perforations therein in order that the powder may pass through the face 11 thereof. According to the present-invention, to reduce the cost of manufacture, no special container for the powder in the interior of the puff is employed, the chamber formed by an 'opening 12 Speci ication of ea raten f Patented Mar; 14; 1922. Application file (July 23, i 'i I i i i 1921. fse'r arnt'. 487,625.

reservoir. V V I The top of "the puff is providedwith' a filling opening 12 adapted to be; closed bya cover andto assist in holdingfthefpuif {in shape an annular rigid metahring 1 1' of less diameter than the puffl is secured in the interior and at the top er the puff. There is the uff itself being lutilii zed as the i said ring through the powder is introduced intofthefpuif and a flange 14* is formed around said openingl2, the material fforniing'" thepuflt'llO being drawn and'secur'ed around sai'dflangdM by 1 a thread, 15 or in any other desired manner.

Cover 12 is provided with'a'depending'cir cular flange 14: adapted to telescopeiwithin flange 14* on firing 1d, thefrictionalengage- .ment between the two flanges being -sufficient t ld TIQ in i 'ee m hru'fir J In the preferred form ofconstruction the vfiat against said ring: at the top of the pull".

Connected to the outer edge of said rubber ring 16 are a plurality of strips or fingers 17, also preferably made of rubber but of. any desired shape, which extend down and en- 7 5 bellows action for expellingthe powder thepuif is obtained.

gage the interior wall of the face 11 of the puff. The ring 14 against which the rubber ring 16 seats is substantially rigid and due to the resiliency of the strips or fingers 17 g the puff is normally maintained expanded,

but when the face of the puff is pressed against ones skin the fingers 17 and the puff .are compressed. This compressing of the puff will expel or discharge a suflicient quantity of powder through the minute ori-L fices in the face 11.

Usually when there is any appreciable quantityof powder in the pulf only the lower portion ofthe pufl' need'be compressed but to permit of greater compression the rubber ring 16'is made larger than and extends beyond the edge of the annular metal ring 14 so that the upper portion may also be com pressed until the puff is practically flat. With a construction such as this there will always be a discharge of powder unless there is very little, or no, powder at all in the puff.

There is, of course, an opening in the rub ber ring 16 through which powder may be poured into the putt and to hold said ring in shape a piece of material, such asgauze, is secured therein, the meshes in the gauze being of suflicient size as to not hinder the filling of the puff. g

While the resilient fingers or strips 17- may be given any desired shape they are pref erably made'ofrelatively heavy rubber and crossed one upon the other, this la t ter feature imparting a suffi'cie'nt stifiness to the pufl' to hold in shape while permittingthe pull" to be easily compressed or flattened.

The fingers, together with the rubber ring 16, being of rubber, any moisture that may penetrate the puff will not cause them to rust andlose their resiliency. Furthermore,

' they can, if desired, he removed and washed v f What is claimed is;

1. Ina magazine powderlpiiif the combination of a .pufi of pliant material through which the powder therein is adapted to be expelled, and resilient means secured within 7 the puff comprising a body portion and a plurality of relatively narrow fingers or strips connected to the body portion and p0- sitioned against the interior of the face of the puff foryieldingly maintaining the pufi distended I 2.7 In a magazine powder pull, the combinati0n of a 1511s of perforate, pliant material,

an annular fiatring member within the puff having a filling opening thereon and having the pufi? material attached thereto, a cover for the filling opening, and resilient means for yieldingly holding the face of the puff distended, said means comprising a fiat annular ring portion and a plurality of strips connected to the ring port-ion and engaging the face of the puff. j

' 3. In a magazine powder puff, the combination of a puff of perforate, pliant material, and resilient means for holding the face of the pull yieldingly distended, said resilient meanseomprising aflat annular ring like body portion and a plurality of strips connected toi the ring like portion and engaging the face of the puff, said strips being crossed over each other intermediate their'ends.

MARIE GASSET. 

